I don't believe that "makedisk" has an option for a bootable NTFS USB Drive. If it is possible, which options do I need to select?

mjnelson99 wrote:> One option is to reformat the drive to NTFS.> Then you don't need to limit the size to I have a .TBI image file that is> 27.5GB.> > I need to split that file to fit on a bootable IFD 32GB USB > Drive,> > which is formatted to FAT32, so the files have to be smaller > than 4GB.

abright52 wrote:> What file naming convention do I need to use so that the IFD can restore from the> split image on this USB drive?> > TeraByte Support wrote:> > yes, any file splitter will do. just ensure you split on a 2048 byte > > boundary.> >

I've never done exactly what you are trying to do, but I've used BingBurn to split a large file onto DVDs. The files are name.TBI, name.1, name.2, etc.

You can boot from CD/DVD and in come cases SD cards with
IFL/IFD on it. Then access your images as needed.

I got a Rosewill USB 3.0 SD card reader from Newegg that
allows me to boot SD cards from it. CD & DVD's are usually
bootable on newer computers and even some older ones.
Mary

On 5/10/2012 12:28 PM, abright52 wrote:
> I don't believe that "makedisk" has an option for a bootable NTFS USB Drive. If it is possible, which options do I need to select?
>
> mjnelson99 wrote:
>> One option is to reformat the drive to NTFS.
>> Then you don't need to limit the size to I have a .TBI image file that is
>> 27.5GB.
>>
>> I need to split that file to fit on a bootable IFD 32GB USB
>> Drive,
>>
>> which is formatted to FAT32, so the files have to be smaller
>> than 4GB.
>
>

I prefer that the USB Drive is bootable. I have a prewritten set of instructions for restoring based on the booting from the USB and using the image off of the USB. Unfortunately the set of instructions that were written to make the backup were not followed, so I have one big file instead of a few smaller files that will work with FAT32.